Pneumatic pad for bicycle or like handles



(No Model.)

H. L. ELTON & N. J. SMITH. PNEUMATIC PAD FOR BICYCLE 0R LIKE HANDLES.

N0.597,1O8. Patented Jan. 11,1898.

UNITED STATES Fries.

HOWARD Ti. ELTON AND NORMAN J. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PNEUMATIC PAD FOR BICYCLE OR LIKE HANDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,108, dated January 11, 1898.

Application filed July 15, 1896. Serial N0. 599,254=. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern: necessary to deflate the pad-casing by the 55 Be it known that we, HOWARD L. ELTON proper manipulation of the valve D, when the and NORMAN J. SMITH, citizens of the United casing A may be withdrawn from the handle, States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county being sufficiently elastic for that purpose.

of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, By the use of this improvement the rider have invented certain new and useful Immay more firmly grip the handles of the ma- 6o provements in Pneumatic Pads for Bicycle chine, since his hand will become partly emor Like Handles, of which the following is a bedded within the pad and will not be injured specification. or rendered sore from this pressure, and as it IO This invention relates to a new and useful is customary for persons riding long distances improvement in pneumatic pads forbicycleto support a large part of their weight upon 6 b handles and the like, and has for its object the handles of the bicycle it is obvious that to provide a device of this description which the pad will serve the purpose of cushioning maybe readily passed over the ordinary hanthis weight and prevent the transmission of dle of a bicycle and by the inflation thereof the vibrations of the machine directly to the will be securely held in place and afford a hands, arms, and body of the rider, and this yielding pad against which the hand of the is of great importance in that these vibrations rider may rest, thus avoiding the constant under ordinary conditions are the most seriwear and tear incident to the use of solid one drawbacks to bicycle-riding, especially so handles. when riding over rough surfaces.

vVith these ends in view this invention con- Another advantage of this improvement is 7 5 sists in the details of construction and comthat it may be applied to any ordinary hanbination of elements hereinafter set forth dles without alteration of the latter, as the and then specifically designated by the claim. elasticity of the casing A is sufficient to per- 25 In order that those skilled in the art to mit it to pass over the enlargement of the which this invention appertains may underhandle and yet contract thereon to prevent stand how to make and use the same, its condisplacement, the liability of which is further struction and operation will now be described reduced by the inflation of the pad, as before in detail, referring to the accompanying drawdescribed. Should the rider desire so to do,

0 ings, forming a part of this specification, in the casings may be slipped over the handles which and onto the handle-bars and there held by Figure 1 is an elevation. of a bicyele-hanfurther inflation, so that the hands of the die, showing this improvement in section rider may be supported near the center of the applied thereto; and Fig. 2, a cross-section handle-bars, as is sometimes done for conven- 5 thereof. ience and rest.

In carrying out this invention we provide Having thus fully described this invention, a casing A, of rubber or other suitable mawhat is claimed as new and useful is-- terial of tubular form, adapted to pass over In a pneumatic pad, a tubular casing of the handle B, and formed with or secured to flexible material, a strip of flexible material a e this casing is the pad-casing C, so arranged secured at its ends around the ends of the that when it is inflated it will form a yieldtubular casing and along its sides to opposite ing surface against which the hand of the sides of the casing forming a pocket, a valve rider may bear. A valve D is located near leading into the pocket, said casing being one end of this casing and communicates with adapted to fit on the ends of a handle-bar and 5 the interior thereof, so that by the applicabe held thereon by the inflation of the pocket,

tion of an air-pump or other means the comsubstantially as described. partment therein may be filled with air un- In testimony whereof we have hereunto afder pressure, which will force the tube-casfixed our signatures in the presence of two ing outward and that section of the casingA subscribing witnesses.

50 next adjacent to said casing inward, thereby HQW'ARD L. ELTON.

causing the casing A to fit snugly against the NORMAN J. SMITH; handle B, which will prevent its accidental Witnesses: removal; but when it is desired to remove S. S. WILLIAMSON, this improvement from the handle it is only MARK BUFORD. 

